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Category: Apps for Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities
Industries: Pupils, Children, Teachers, People with dyslexia
Category: Apps for Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities
Industries: Pupils, Children, Teachers, People with dyslexia
$20.99
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“Speechify is absolutely brilliant. Growing up with dyslexia this would have made a big difference. I’m so glad to have it today.“
Sir Richard Branson
Excellent app!! I've been using it for the past week due to throat surgery and it's been extremely helpful. If you don't mind me suggesting, I would add a "clear" button to delete all text written, faster and more easily. I would also add a "select sentence" option so that if you want to repeat one it doesn't start from the beginning. I managed to do it once but I couldn't do it again so I think it was not intuitive enough (for me at least). Good job over all
Brenda HeissTalk allows your phone to speak whatever you type. Make any word you want your phone to pronounce in a variety of languages! You may have your phone read the news to you. It allows you to import web pages straight from your browser and listen to them. Text from any other apps can also be imported. Features: - Voice-over-text - Read online pages Play, Pause, and Stop - WAV file export for audio - Numerous languages (internet connection required for some) Uses: Reading magazines or books - Beneficial to those who are sight impaired Helpful for those with speech impairments - Beneficial for those whose wisdom teeth were removed - Fun
High quality word prediction app for the iPad Students who have difficultly with writing may benefit from having word prediction. There are expensive PC/Mac programs that will do this, but until this app, I hadn't found one for the iPad that worked well enough for actual student use. iWordQ is the best of the bunch, and is the one I recommend to teachers, and special educators. For students who have difficulty with text, this app will speak a word without adding it to their text. For some commonly misunderstood words, you can even listen to a sentence that uses the word in context, before adding it to your writing. The reading tools are very well done, and the app switches between writing and reading modes quickly. $25 may seem like a lot to pay for an app, but it has some of the same functions as software costing over $300. I highly recommend this app.
BalterA simple-to-use writing and reading program, iWordQ US (English), is available to help struggling writers and readers. Writing mode uses a basic text editor with word prediction, abbreviation expansion, and speech feedback capabilities to assist with writing. There is access to a dictionary and a spell-checker. Speech recognition is another option. To make text easier to read, the Reading mode presents it in a more aesthetically pleasant format. This is employed for informal reading and listening, silent reading, reading aloud, learning, and proofreading. To improve comprehension and readability of text and enable you to concentrate on one text chunk at a time, you can choose a revolutionary text chunking method (patent-pending). MODE OF WRITE Word forecast: As you type, predicted words are shown. To select a suggested term, tap it. Examples of usage are given to assist you tell apart similar-sounding words (including homonyms). iWordQ will still anticipate even if you have creative spelling. Predictions are displayed properly as you move the text cursor. Speech Reaction: For high-quality text-to-speech, touch and hold a predicted word to hear it uttered. The words you write or choose from the prediction list will be spoken aloud. When you hit "space," the punctuation you have added to each sentence will be read back to you. With word-by-word highlighting, selected text can also be spoken. To pick multiple words, double-tap a word. To extend the selection, drag. Select a paragraph by double tapping. By selecting the Speech button, you can move ahead and backward by phrases or words in the speech review control that appears. >Abbreviation-Expansion: Use text macros, sometimes known as your own personalized abbreviation expansions, to make writing easier. The prediction list includes abbreviations as well. Expansions may contain any character, including punctuation, and may also contain numerous paragraphs. >Sharing Text files are automatically stored and can be retrieved from the File menu. The ability to share documents between systems via Dropbox is included. Email, Facebook, Twitter, Message, the pasteboard, and opening in other Apps are just a few of the additional connections that allow you to share documents. MODE OF READING In order to draw emphasis to the current sentence, the iPad's onscreen keyboard is concealed, and the surrounding text is displayed in grey with the current sentence displayed in black text. By touching it, choose any further sentence. >Proofreading: Watch for errors when sentences are being delivered. To highlight a word and hear it spoken, tap it. This is helpful for determining whether a word sounds right. It could be misspelled, in the wrong form, or just the wrong word altogether. When you lift your finger, a list of words that you have touched and swabbed will be stated aloud. This is helpful in determining whether word combinations are appropriate. >Learn by reading: Utilize the patented Text Chunking technique to concentrate on material chunks or segments rather than single words and to provide breathing room so that you can fully understand your text before going on. This aims to imitate a skilled public speaker. A section of the sentence containing the point you tap will be spoken and highlighted. In order to give you time to collect your breath before listening to the next text chunk, a pause is added to each line as it is played. Out loud reading: Use iWordQ as a teleprompter and read aloud at your own pace or at the same speed as iWordQ would speak it. As you read the text, sentences (and text sections) will be highlighted. Silently reading: In order to read aloud in silence at the same speed as iWordQ or at your own pace, turn off speech feedback. As you move through the text, highlighted sentences (and text sections) will be indicated. >Informal reading: To locate the beginning point, tap the first sentence. The sentences will then be read aloud manually or automatically.
When I paste an entire volume of a novel and press play it reads instantly, it even adds another option known as "Speak with talk" when you highlight text on a wiki page or google searches. this is a proper text to speech app. The only problem is, it gets interupted when a notification arrives, now you have to back track where it stopped. Luckily there is a seek which you can use to guess and continue from there.
- A Google user
It sounds pretty natural. I'm happy listening to news articles on this. No intrusive ads. Occasional problem where it tries to open a link hidden somewhere in the text I send it. This can be fixed by pasting as plain text but I would prefer for this to be the default when selecting the app from the share menu. Also I would like a progress bar to see how much is left to play
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I've been looking for something like this, oddly enough, I wasn’t having much luck. All I found were apps that were too specific/couldn't read from 3rd party apps, or apps I had to pay for. Then, I came across this little beauty. It's simple & efficient. Good work. Thanks. I've ONE complaint. The read out of highlighted text will randomly stop when played from the context menu but, reads fine if typed (copy/paste, in this case) into the app itself. Aside from that, I've had no problems at all.
- Joseph Doxey
Finally I have a way to write what I am thinking. I have struggled too long. I cannot thank you enough.
- Don
An awesome app to help anyone who struggles to write or read! If you have children, this app is a perfect addition to help with homework.
- Kim
One of the best apps I used for school … Worth every penny.
- Anonymous
Pros |
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Helpful for visually impaired people |
Helpful for speech impaired people |
Helpful for people that had wisdom teeth removed |
Cons |
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No speech to text |
Speechify is one of the most popular audio tools in the world. Our Google Chrome extension, web app, iOS app, and Android app help anyone listen to content at any speed they want. You can also listen to content in over 30 different voices or languages.
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Speechify provides anyone with an audio play button that they can add on top of their content to turn it into an audiobook. With the Speechify app on iOS and Android, anyone can take this information on the go.
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